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Author Archives: Penelope Turner

In praise of the ground bass

I have always been terrified of boredom.  I admit that sometimes this fear may have led me to overcomplicate things (both personally and professionally…) Now, I understand that simple can be good, but I don’t like things to be too predictable; it has got to remain interesting.  There is, for me, a clear example in […]

M HKA in Antwerp

Although it sounds vaguely African, in fact, the M HKA is the newly done-up modern art museum in Antwerp.  I visited it this week and I was impressed. The building that houses M HKA is immediately inviting; the architecture is unusual and eyecatching. Also, it’s located in a great part of Antwerp, not far from […]

Viriditas – this Friday 30th October

From Thursday to Saturday this week, the organisations foAM, nadine & gRig (the Guild for Reality Integrators and Generators) will be hosting a special public meeting (they’re calling it gRig Froesjels). The central idea is to explore what happens when art mixes with science and technology, and the public meeting is a chance to meet […]

Viriditas

On Friday 30th October I will be performing with Stevie Wishart for the environmental organization foAM.  On the menu newly-composed ‘alternative classical’ music inspired by the writings of Hildegaard von Bingen.  More anon.

There is no flower quite as lugubrious as a dead hydrangea